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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Felicito Guerrero, Boerne, TX (US);
Adalberto A. Perez De Leon, Kerrville, TX (US);
Lane D. Foil, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Abstract
Compositions of either the aquaporin protein from the cattle tick,, or a nucleic acid construct incorporating a nucleic acid sequence encoding this aquaporin protein, are effective for eliciting a protective immune response against other tick species in non-bovine animals. Theaquaporin protein is antigenic and can be administered as a protein vaccine, or in the alternative, the nucleic acid construct can be utilized as a DNA vaccine. Induction of the immune response significantly reduces or eliminates the infestation of treated, non-bovine animals with ticks other than the cattle tick, particularly the brown dog tick,. Moreover, as ticks are vectors of a variety of pathogenic agents, the reduction in the incidence of tick infestation afforded by the vaccines may concurrently reduce the incidence of diseases caused by these pathogenic agents in susceptible animals.